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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education, St. Board of Ed. to adopt policy, local boards of education authorized to allow released time for religious education off campus for elective credit, Alabama Released Time Credit Act"
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description: "Education, St. Board of Ed. to adopt policy, local boards of education authorized to allow released time for religious education off campus for elective credit, Alabama Released Time Credit Act"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
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legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
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session: "2019rs"
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identifier: "HB 291"
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citation: "Alabama HB 291 (2019rs)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Garrett"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffe2011b-f2a8-4f68-8be9-8e8a7cba8a60"
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source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB291"
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source_hash: "b33f7c8a4ffabd65158dcae36d782a02dcc3474016df45de42e1d2b2a46b5249"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
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---
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# Alabama HB 291 (2019rs) — Education, St. Board of Ed. to adopt policy, local boards of education authorized to allow released time for religious education off campus for elective credit, Alabama Released Time Credit Act
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB291-int.pdf)
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2. **Amd/Sub 199848-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199848-1.pdf)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB291-eng.pdf)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB291-enr.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 465 — **87–9** (pass) · lower
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- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 955 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
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- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 464 — **84–10** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Garrett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 464 `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 465 `passage`
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- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Hall intended to vote "Nay"
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- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
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- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 955 `passage`
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- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
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- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
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- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
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- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
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- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-281. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:45 p.m. on May 22, 2019. `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy first Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffe2011b-f2a8-4f68-8be9-8e8a7cba8a60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
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